. >> reporter: withbut the jury ws not convinced, they issued a guilty verdict for both frier and hisother. >> the judge has the power to direct a verdict of not guilty or at least offer the defendants a new trial. >> reporter: an outcome that frier and his mother pray will happen. >> we are looking for a miracle here. >> reporter: is this the biggest fight you've ever had to deal with? >> definitely, by far. >> reporter: in exchange for testimony against frier and mcgee, he was sentenced to 20 months in prison. he could have gotten 20 years. as for frier and his mother they will be sentenced october 20th and could get five to ten years. >>> a checkout lane in walmart warms the heart of a woman she was on the receiving end of a good deed. >>> this was ben saved by the animal adoption center in new jersey, you'll meet ben and his friends coming up in "shelter me rescue of the week." >> we'll have a check on the accuweather forecast when "action news" returns. dear fellow citizen, kids are a great thing. before you know it, they're in college. if you're lucky, they get a degree in finan

frier said he moved mcgee into a home that barktell refurbished and took her to 6 different banks in search of the best loan. >> she apply and was approved for all the loans. >> reporter: he contends he and his mother was unaware that he kept all six loans given to her. he maintains he knew nothing about the scheme when he was indicted in october of 2013. >> i had no idea until the charges were brought against me. >> reporter: but prosecutors say frier was in on it and received or spent over $200,000 of proceeds from the loans. >> all that money, every last single dime went into barktell account. >> reporter: he testified for the prosecution. >> he is trying to put not just me, but my mother in jail. >> reporter: the attorney for mrs. mcgee believes it helped the defense. >> mr. barkstell -- >> they got it wrong this time. sometimes a jury can be misled. >> reporter: they are claiming prosecutorial misconduct and lack of evidence. >> the judge could offer the defendants a new trial. >> reporter: an outcome they pray will happen. >> we're hoping for a miracle here. >> reporter: is thi

joining me here is sarah frier, david, and james, an analyst. sarah, we will start with you. reported that dick costolo is leaving the board as soon as another ceo is announced. they are buying shares. ev williams has been selling shares. sarah: he is selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth. jack dorsey has been selling shares. if you look at the insiders and board members, there are more sales than purchases and the purchase jack announced was the first since the ipo. it is not the first time that twitter has tried to use executive purchases for public confidence. when the restrictions were lifted on insiders after the ipo lock-up, they pledged to hold onto their shares. emily: you are reporting that when a full-time ceo is named, there will be a board shakeup and they will bring in new diverse candidates. james, why do you think by now -- twitter is that one of the lowest point since the ipo. why should we buy now? james: we have been on the sidelines. with the stock down, we think it is the time. it boils down to a couple of things. there is some risk with the transi

mike friers hit a no hitter. he threw 134 pitches to get it done. got former met justin turner swinging to make it official. 3-0, the astros beat the dodgers. >>> football, todd bowles was looking for progression from the jets. gang green fans at the meadowlands, they were looking for the same. would they get same old jets? matt ryan floats one to colin moody. leads to a falcon touchdown. the jets go three and out. he takes it down inside the 5. falcons would go onto score. jet's defense finally shows up. that's leonard williams. he tackles yates for a safety and the jet's offense takes flight when ivory takes it in the house to score. the jets win the first game of the pre-season. final score 30-22. >> tackling was a lot better. they played the run a lot better. we have a ways to go but they took a step today. they need today play because they needed time to figure everything out. they figured some things out and go better as it went.

frier and his mother turned downdeals. >> governor jack markell signed several internet privacy billsul he signed four bills in wilmington. one deals with protecting students when they use the internet in school. at aims to make sure children don't see online advertising that they shouldn't. the third helps folks who want to stay anonymous online such as victims of crime or those in witness protection. the fourth bill aims to make sure social media information is not something employers can require of their employees. >> i do appreciate very much the leadership of the attorney general and the legislators for sort of thinking this through and as the attorney general said particularly in a session which was so busy and there were so many things going on. >> the attorney general says the next step is to make sure these bills are properly enforced. >> philadelphia police are looking for the man who shot and killed a teenager while he was defending his sister. it happened around midnight in north philadelphia on the 1900 block of north croskey street. officials say i started as a a fight b

we haven't heard word of gun frier from the home since about 6:45 this morning. this is a tense situation. officers surrounding the home and members of the fdny are stand willing down until they get word on where the suspect is and what his condition is. we are waiting to find out. we can tell you that a member of the fdny rushed to richmond university medical center. his condition is unknown. early word the gunshot wound he suffered was a graze wound. we are trying to gather as much information as we can. when that happens, we will pass it along on air and online. live in the mariners harbor section, dray clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, dray. >>> when we come back, we will take a look "many patients and their doctors unfortunately are not aware of the options available to patients with bone cancer. patients with bone cancer deserve a specialist too. "the advantages of being treated at cancer treatment centers of america is that we have all the specialists under one roof to take care of every aspect of that patients cancer care. we want our patien

nbc's joe frier has the latest for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, savannah. this fire now burned about 100 square miles. right now 13,000 people remain evacuated. every time firefighters begin to slow it down the flames seem to shift into something unexpected. >> the rocky fire is devouring newer in new territory this morning after leaping over highway 20 in multiple spots. >> thihi is not what firefighters wanted. the flames now burning on the north side of highway 20. >> the flames are unpredictable. whipped up by winds in one direction one minute and another direction the next. >> today i saw three or four different heads from the fire and each one was kind of leaning a little bit different direction. >> a lot of fire activity. very active burning. >> from a helicopter flying over the scene you can see miles of charred land. an area at least twice as large as san francisco. >> a lot of firefighters have expressed they have never seen this in their career. it's burning with great intensity. >> down below rick sanders is the only one in his neighborhood yet